There is a group called iron Maidens as well that I belong to. All women who lift seriously. You are welcome to join.
best regards Lisa
DEVANS0 3/7/07 9:33 A
I'm all for self empowerment and self confidence. Learn to pin him and beat him up yourself! lol
GOLFPRO 3/6/07 10:15 P
lol....sorry.
SUEANN18 3/6/07 9:51 P
Hey Golfpro?!!
YOU CALLED ME SUSAN!!!!! LOL! so reminds me of a croatian friend i have, who calls me susan just to bug me although my name is Sueann! say it with me now Golfpro.... Sue ann.... yup u got it! ;)
but thanks for the advice GUYZ! and probably will drop by sometime, depending on if u guys are discussing some 'hot' topics.
i have manually entered some of my stuff, but i find it impossible to stick to certain days of the week to do my cardio and strength, it changes from one week to the other depending on my social life!
like i can never work out on fridays, but 'the boy friend' is going on a 'guys trip' this weekend. so that leaves me free.
maybe u guys can help me out with my boy friend on occassion?!! like beat him up when u pisses me off?! hahaha... just kidding.
thanks again u lot! and Golfpro?! u may still call me susan, my friend went back to austria just recently and i miss him! :)
bye guyz... see u around soon... ME
GOLFPRO 3/6/07 7:06 P
As Yoop said, HRMs CAN work for strength training. The fact is, you burn calories by just being alive. So anything that involves extra activity is going to burn extra calories.
Now, is strength training considered cardio? Only if you keep your heart rate elevated for an extended period of time (ideally 15-20 minutes or more). Many people are able to reach cardio status during strength training, but only you can be the judge of that.
I use the cardio tracker more as a "Calories Burned Tracker" than anything. I wear my HRM for any extra exercise, cardio or not. Then I track it because my HR gives me calories burned. It's pretty accurate because it's taking into account my Age, Gender, Height, Weight, and most important...Hear Rate.
YOOPERMAN 3/6/07 5:16 P
A couple of opinions.
I log my strength training as cardio under cicuit training, AND I perform it fast enough to BE circuit training. Not the reps quickly, but the short break between sets and between exercises.
HRM DOES work for strength training, as long as you're not hangign around ogling or talking. Using one will give you some idea of how quickly to move between sets/exercises.
DEVANS0 3/6/07 5:10 P
I thought that HRMs were no good for strength training. I held off buying one because of that, but I had not questioned anyone using one. Does the monitor work for you on strength, or does it have to be circuit training that is fastr enough to keep a cardio pace?
GOLFPRO 3/6/07 9:20 A
Susan,
The guys gave you some good answers on how to record the training. As far as why it's not in the system, weight training is different for everyone based on actual strength. You and I will exert different amounts of energy trying to lift 50 pounds. Unfortunately there is no forumla to figure out calories burned for strength training, unless you have a heart rate monitor. Without getting a heart rate monitor, your best bet is to just follow the suggestions already given by the guys.
Matt
LOGHOUSE 3/6/07 8:16 A
Hi: I use a multi gym in my home and manually entered all of the individual exercises on the strentgh page of my tracker (along with the # of reps). I also manually entered any of the other strength exercises I do with free weights and my power tower, along with using some of the exercises found on this site. Each "strength day" (M,W,F for me), my entire list pops up, and I just check off the 9-12 exercises I do that day. I've manually entered and saved my cardio workouts also, so on days I do cardio, I just browse to the ones I do that day, and enter my time and calories.
Hope that helps, Rick
DAVIDDOTSON 3/6/07 7:37 A
Log it as strength.
CJORDAN3 3/6/07 7:33 A
Hi SUEANN,
Just my opinion, but I would certainly log any activity that involves resistance and/or weights under strength training. I think we would probably want to keep the log in exercise options as simple as possible in order to avoid confusion as well as keeping it simple so that people will be more inclined to actually use it.
You certainly didn't leave a damper here in the Guys' Lounge and hope to see you around anytime you have a question or just want to hang out.
Take care and KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!
SUEANN18 3/6/07 1:54 A
ok now hope i didnt get anyone too excited! LOL!
Would also like to say hi and thanks to all the men who actually opened this thread to see how they could help a lady! awwww... thanks guyzzz...
anyway, sorry to put a damper on things, but i have been using the multi gym and i figured, men are probably the biggest users of it, so how do u guys log that in? in the fitness page for strength training?
or can we ask spark collectively to also add that as a feature?! thoughts?! suggestions?!
thanks guys, hope this post wasnt a damper! eeps. ME
